Bandage-holder.



E. GRAHAM.

BANDAGE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. 1915.

1,173,952. Patented Feb. 29,1916.

THE QOLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60-, WASHINCITON. D. C.

EDWARD GRAHAM, OF SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

BANDAGE-HOLDER.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Application filed May 4, 1915. Serial No. 25,764.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that, I, EDWARD GRAHAM,

if a citizen of the United States, residing at v and bandage roll on Saginaw, in "the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bandage-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bandage holders, for containing and supporting bandages of that kind commonly employed for surgical use,"1n the dressing.

of wounds, etc. I

One object of the invention is to provide Z means whereby a bandage, in roll form, may

be arranged within and protected by a cas-v ing, from which the bandage strip may be withdrawn as required for use, thus preventing the'exposure of any portion of the bandage strip which use. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a rack for the bandage and its inclosingcasing, whereby the bandage may be conveniently supported for convenient use at all times and may be as readily and conveniently transported from place to place, as required in field and hospital service.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a bandage rack or stand, which may be folded when not in use and which may be supported in an erect position upon ground and other surfaces.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device as set up and arranged for use. Fig. 2 is a view of the device folded for storage or transportation. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the casing, showing the mode of mounting the same together with the bandage roll therein. Fig. 4: is a vertical transverse section through the casing the line M of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the roll removed.

In carrying my invention into practice, the bandage strip or material 1 is wound in roll form upon a spindle or core 2, having reduced end journals 3. This roll as thus made is contained within a casing 4 which may consist of a bowed tube or cylinclosed within a hermetically is not withdrawn for I pivoted at their upper ends,

inder 5 provided with a longitudinally extending slit 6 inclosed at its ends by counterpart detachable caps 7 having openings 8 therein, the removal of either cap permitting of the insertion of a spool and its removal of the core or spindle when the bandage material is exhausted. It is to be understood, however, that whether the caps may be in the form of a fixed end wall, if desired, he use of but a single removable end wall or cap being essential.

In practice a roll of bandage may be put up in the form described with the casing sealed wrapper, which is torn off when the bandage is to be used, the free end of the bandage strip being then projected through the slit 6 so that the strip may be grasped and the desired amount drawn off from the roll for use.

The rack for supporting the complete bandage roll comprises a main staff or standard 9 and a pair of folding legs 10 as at 11, to opposite sides of the stafflso as to fold parallel therewith or to be unfolded and arranged to form with the staff a tripod type of stand, the legs being stayed from the stafl when unfolded for use by pivoted folded braces 12. The rack may thus be folded for storage or convenient transportation from place to place throughout a hospital or field and open for use whenever required. The lower ends of the stafl and legs may be provided with spurs 13 to hold the rack firmly supported in set up condiion upon the floor, the ground or other surace.

At its upper end the staff 9 carries a bellshape roll supporting bracket comprising a pair of spring bracket arms 14 having at their free ends inturned portions 15, provided with enlargements or bearing members 16 having bearing sockets or recesses 17 to receive the projecting journals 3 upon the ends of the bandage roll. Normally the distance between the bearing members 16 is less than the distance between the journals 3, or less than the length of the core or spindle 2, requiring the bracket arms to be sprung apart to admit or receive the journals, so that when said arms assume their normal positions the journals will be held from casual displacement while permitted to revolve freely within the bearing sockets or recesses 17 The roll Will thus be permitted to revolve While a portion of the bandage is being drawn outthrough the slit 6 in the casing 4, allowing any desiredamount of bandage to be readily understood. It will thus be seen that the bandage Will be inclosed and pro tected from contamination by the casing 1, leaving only a slight portion projecting, Which may be cut away fromthe portion drawn out for use, so that a sterile bandage may be obtained. When the bandage is entirely used up, the core and easing may be removed and discarded, bandage roll'applied for use in an obvious manner.

upon a port'- able rack provides for the holding of the bandage in a convenient position during the dressing of a Wound, as Well as the con-,

venient carriage of the bandage from place to place in a hospital or about a field for use as occasion requires, and also the ready and convenienttransportation of the rack in a comparatively close compass. v d

'In addition to the bearing bracket formed of the spring armsv16, other bearingbrack- V ets composed of'pairs of spring arms 18 members l9 may be pro-' vided upon the staff'so that one or morecarrying bearing reserve rolls of bandage may be carried, as

Will be readily understood;

be Withdrawn for use, as Will I a core disposed Within bandage material Wound in roll form upon and 'a new It Will also be understood that V the mounting, of the bandage I claim V v H s V IVA device of thecharactr described cessed bearing members, an outlet slit, and a bandage roll embodying the core? and adapted to be Withdrawn through said slit, the ends of said core having journals projecting through the ends of the casingand mounted to recesses of said bearing'members,

2. A device of the character described comprising a knockdown stand, a support the casing and ill revolve in the carried-by the stand and comprising relatively movable spring armsflprovided With recessed bearing members, a casing having an outlet slit, -and a bandage roll embodying a core disposed Within the casing and bandage material Wound inroll form upon the core and adapted to be Withdrawn through said slit, the ends ofsaid core hav- I ing journals projecting'through the ends of I recesses ofsaid' bearing members.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissionerofl'atents,

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